I-95 Work To Squeeze Boca Area Work On Barriers Along Median Starts

Driving Interstate 95 through Boca Raton is getting to be a lot tighter squeeze.

Work started this week on the installation of concrete barriers along the median in preparation for Palm Beach County`s first substantial construction work of the I-95 expansion project.

Crews are working through the late-night and early-morning hours to put in the barricades, said Sonyha Rodriguez-Miller of the I-95 Expansion Office.

Crews already are clearing the median of grass and weeds before actual construction work begins.

Rodriguez-Miller said the barricades are being installed nightly between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. so they will affect as little traffic as possible.

Even so, she said, traffic will be limited to only two lanes in each direction from time to time as work requires.

This stage of the I-95 project runs from Sample Road in Pompano Beach north to the end of the project at the Spanish River Boulevard overpass in Boca Raton, she said. The work is scheduled to continue through Nov. 22.

Meanwhile, traffic on Palmetto Park Road and Camino Real below the interstate is still impeded as construction continues on new bridge supports for the superhighway overhead.

On Palmetto Park Road, a full two lanes in each direction are available for traffic, but on Camino Real, eastbound and westbound motorists are being funneled into a single lane in each direction.

Throughout the entire length of the I-95 expansion project, motorists are advised to heed lighted informational signs erected in the median and on the sides of the road.

In addition to cautioning motorists about reduced speed limits as one at the north end of the project has done for several months, the signs are being used to warn drivers about accidents and other slowdowns ahead.